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Revision history for IO::AIO |
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TODO: better autoconf.pm that can return LIBS etc. |
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TODO: aio_cptree/mvtree |
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TODO: reduce condvar fairness: schedule hot-cache-threads first? |
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TODO: fix setsig |
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TODO: splice/tee/vmsplice/sync_file_range? (http://kerneltrap.org/node/6505 http://lwn.net/Articles/178199/) |
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2.51 Sat Oct 6 16:04:54 CEST 2007 |
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- perlio isn't generally threadsafe, so aio_close could not work reliably. |
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aio_close now tries a safe hack that might not be that asynchronous |
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(see the manpage for details). |
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- discard callback return values as to not grow the stack endlessly |
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when poll_cb handles many requests without returning. |
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- minor code cleanups. |
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2.5 Thu Oct 4 14:49:08 CEST 2007 |
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- replaced _fd2fh with faster xs code. |
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- aio_close will now try to do "the right thing" and thus might |
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work sensibly for the very first time. |
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2.41 Mon Sep 24 21:28:21 CEST 2007 |
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- after fork, invest some work to make sure that the poll_fileno |
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stays stable (by dup2'ing the new fd over the old one), to make |
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it easier for programs/libs that don't control their forking |
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behaviour and cannot recreate their watchers. |
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2.4 Sun Aug 5 18:44:22 CEST 2007 |
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- add aio_truncate, aio_chmod, aio_chown, aio_utime (linux |
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successfully demonstrated that you can block on futimes...). |
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- allow undef as fileoffset for aio_read/write and use read/write(2) |
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internally (useful for sockets or O_APPEND handles). |
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- allow undef for length in aio_write. |
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- negative dataoffsets work as expected now in aio_read/aio_write. |
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- use NV instead of UV for 32 bit perls and file offsets, as NVs |
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have a larger range then. |
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- shared code between BDB and IO::AIO. |
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- aio_busy was completely broken. now fixed. |
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- readahead emulation now returns something. |
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- correctly set errno to ENOSYS on unimplemented functions |
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(should never happen, though). |
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- large changes to make it partially compile and run on win32, |
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but win32 lacks too much functionality, and perl overrides way |
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too many functions with crashing versions. |
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2.33 Tue Jan 23 23:55:41 CET 2007 |
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- fix install path (Andreas J. Koenig). |
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2.32 Mon Jan 22 16:56:23 CET 2007 |
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- added aio_rmtree. |
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- wow, aio_mkdir was missing. |
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- aio_load did return undef on error, not -1. |
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- use prefixexp not prefix in autoconf.pm |
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(suggested by ... rt.cpan.org unreachable). |
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- avoid installing autoconf.pm. |
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2.31 Sat Jan 6 03:46:02 CET 2007 |
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- added aio_load. |
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2.3 Sat Dec 23 05:48:07 CET 2006 |
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- fix off-by-one bug in aio_read, causing memory corruption |
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or crashes. |
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2.21 Fri Dec 22 05:03:38 CET 2006 |
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- minor doc updates. |
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- minor cleanups. |
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- IO::AIO::poll returns request count. |
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- undocumented and unfinished async-signal-reporting. |
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2.2 Tue Oct 31 00:31:00 CET 2006 |
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- minor doc updates. |
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- added aio_readlink. |
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- properly zero-terminate aio_read buffer. |
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- fix aio_read/write with nonzero dataoffset. |
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- reduced size of aio request structure. |
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- better diagnostics when pathnames etc. are not byte-encoded; |
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do not leak request in that case, either. |
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2.1 Sun Oct 29 02:01:57 CET 2006 |
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- INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: replace IO::AIO::poll_some by |
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IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs and IO::AIO::max_poll_time. |
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- fix a bug in aio_move where it would fail everytime |
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it would have to copy files manually. |
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- doc updates. |
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- start threads only on (very low) demand. |
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- end superfluous threads automatically after 10s idling. |
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- add IO::AIO::max_idle to control this. |
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- some tuning applied to random places. |
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- add aio_mknod. |
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2.0 Thu Oct 26 18:27:58 CEST 2006 |
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- minor incompatibility: max_outstanding semantics have changed. |
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- major rewrite, consider all functionality EXPERIMENTAL. |
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- aio requests can be cancelled. |
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- callbacks can be (re-)set later. |
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- aio requests can choose between 9 priorities. |
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- add aio_group: aio requests can be grouped |
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into composite requests. |
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- generator interface for groups. |
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- add IO::AIO::poll_some. |
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- major documentation improvements. |
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- very minor bugfixes. |
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- add aio_nop for dummy requests. |
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- add aio_busy mainly for benchmarking and debugging. |
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- use "fast" mutexes on linux. |
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- use dynamic (and larger) buffers instead of |
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putting them onto the stack. |
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- optimise x86 and amd64 a bit. |
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- better error checking when ENOMEM. |
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- hopefully fix mem and dirp leaks on fork. |
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- warn about broken perl malloc. |
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- compiles on cygwin (but pread is broken on cygwin |
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which is not detected by autoconf, so you have to |
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edit autoconf/config.h yourself to enable emulation). |
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1.8 Sat Jun 24 22:20:44 CEST 2006 |
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- add and/or document aio_rename, aio_link, aio_symlink and aio_move. |
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1.73 Wed Mar 1 22:49:32 CET 2006 |
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- codename "jost" |
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- AIX/Solaris(?) aren't being helpful again, hardcode a value |
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for NAME_MAX and drive with your eyes closed (reported by |
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wcooley@nakedape.cc). |
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1.72 Thu Feb 2 00:40:44 CET 2006 |
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- another minor bug in aio_scandir, again, the callback was called |
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twice when the directory can't be stat'ed. |
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1.71 Mon Dec 26 20:20:03 CET 2005 |
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- grr, another minor bug in aio_scandir, this time resulting |
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in a runtime error. |
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1.7 Mon Dec 26 19:29:48 CET 2005 |
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- aio_scandir errornously called callback twice in some cases. |
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- added AnyEvent example. |
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1.61 Wed Sep 7 19:40:42 CEST 2005 |
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- no longer include $Config{libs}, as distros include too much |
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garbage in there that is not installed on typical systems |
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(for example, debian links perl against -lgdbm and many more |
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libraries despite perl not needing it, slowing down startup and |
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wasting memory). |
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1.6 Tue Aug 30 17:44:44 CEST 2005 |
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- added aio_readdir, aio_scandir. |
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- added aio_sendfile, including sendfile emulation when sendfile |
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isn't available. Linux, FreeBSD and HP-UX might work (sendfilev |
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support is unavailable on my solaris 8 machine, but preliminary |
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code is there. What's lacking is configury stuff and testing...). |
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1.5 Sat Aug 20 02:32:19 CEST 2005 |
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- create the aio threads on demand only (good after forking). |
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- somebody nagged about C89 compatibility, so this release should |
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be C89 compatible, but no guarantees for future ones. |
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- abort when the configure script fails. |
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1.4 Wed Aug 17 08:07:27 CEST 2005 |
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- forgot to recreate the pipe after forking, this could cause |
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deadlocks. |
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1.3 Wed Aug 17 07:25:54 CEST 2005 |
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- properly propagate exceptions from callbacks, instead of silently |
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eating them. |
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- use a different fork algorithm that avoids recursive callback |
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invocations and reduces fork latency in busy processes. |
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- fix a bug where the buffer scalar in aio_read got assigned the wrong |
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length after reading. |
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- fix a bug where the child would process some outstanding requests |
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from the parent. |
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- make a copy of the callback scalar, to avoid some very uncommon |
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(but valid) usages where the callback scalar changes. |
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- the callback was never freed in aio_read/aio_write. |
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- aio_read/aio_write will now set the readonly flag on the data |
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scalar for better error reporting. |
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1.2 Wed Aug 17 01:22:58 CEST 2005 |
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- verified on cygwin, linux/amd64+ia32+alpha, solaris. |
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- use SvPVbyte for filenames now. You *need* to encode your strings to |
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the external filename encoding first. |
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- fix the bug where filehandles could leak (again). |
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- clarify freebsd situation: make it work and tell me how, or go away |
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with your underdocumented, broken and outdated OS. |
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- fork'ing should now be officially supported (where linux and |
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posix contradict each other, I followed posix). |
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- only call read() once per poll, not twice (speedup). |
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- new functions: aio_rmdir, aio_symlink. |
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- force callback arguments to be undef or a reference, for better |
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error catching. |
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1.1 Sun Aug 7 05:27:23 CEST 2005 |
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- added configure script to detect availability of some calls. |
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(imperfect, as we cannot detect things like -lrt due to missing |
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feedback yet). |
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- emulate fdatasync via fsync, pread/pwrite via unsafe read/write |
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and readahead via manual reading on platforms lacking those. |
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- ported t/03_errors.t+framework by Brad Fitzpatrick |
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from Linux::AIO. |
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- removed XOPEN_SOURCE because stupid solaris 9 doesn't |
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compile with it enabled. Probably breaks others. Oh well. |
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- try to be more careful with errno on non-threaded perls. |
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- cygwins perl insisted on a matching open mode when morphing |
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the fd to an fh. |
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- convert sv's to "byte" encoding in aio_read/aio_write. Might |
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do that for pathnames, too, in the future, so make sure you |
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properly encode your pathnames. |
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1.0 Fri Jul 22 10:43:30 CEST 2005 |
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- aio_open did not reliably deliver (open) filehandles. |
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- all aio_*-functions keep a reference to the filehandle so |
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it doesn't go away while the aio requests is working on it. |
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- disable warnings in AIO.pm. |
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0.9 Wed Jul 20 23:55:04 CEST 2005 |
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- allow recursive calls to poll_cb, use less locking calls, too. |
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- fix the Gtk2-example in the SYNOPSIS. |
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- use pread/pwrite not pread64/pwrite64. this was simply a leftover |
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from Linux::AIO. |
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(found by compiling on cygwin. Unfortunately, cygwin declares but |
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does not implement pread/pwrite). |
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- only include <sys/syscall.h> on linux. |
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0.5 Tue Jul 12 13:03:09 CEST 2005 |
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- removed #include <endian.h>, it's not portable, and we don't |
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need it anyway. |
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- link against -lrt, as it might contain goodies such as fdatasync, |
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and often aio_read, which we do not use yet, but it shouldn't hurt. |
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0.4 Mon Jul 11 05:28:25 CEST 2005 |
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- added IO::AIO::flush, IO::AIO::poll. |
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- make callback argument optional for all calls. |
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0.3 Mon Jul 11 01:42:37 CEST 2005 |
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- restructured manpage. |
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- added SYNOPSIS with examples for Event, Glib, Tk. |
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- remove explicit context support so I don't have to maintain |
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it for threaded perls (i.e. it should work now :). |
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0.2 Sun Jul 10 22:57:12 CEST 2005 |
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- return immediately from poll_wait if nreqs==0. |
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- get rid of the request pipe and use faster thread-thread |
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communications for most requests and responses. |
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0.1 |
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- cloned from Linux::AIO, which is very similar. |
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